EVALUACIÓN DE LOS APRENDIZAJES II Contenido

EVALUATION OR ASSESSMENT II CODE: 31124

CONTENT:

UNIT 1.- Introduction to F.L.T.A. (Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment):

-Purpose of Evaluation and Testing.

-Definitions and processes involved in Testing, Measurements, Assessment and Evaluation:

Objective & subjective Tests.

UNIT 2.- Design and administration of TESTS in F.L.T.A.

-Integrative and Pragmatic Tests.

-Tests items to assess vocabulary & grammar.

-Integrative & pragmatic test items to assess comprehension and production

UNIT 3.- Alternative Assessment strategies and instruments in F.L.T.A. Design and application of A.A. strategy.

-Basic tenets of A.A.

-Integrated Performance Assessment -IPA-

-A.A. strategies:

• Oral Language Assessment
• Reading Assessment
• Writing Assessment
• Content and/or area Assessment
• Portfolio Assessment
  
  
  COURSE ACTIVITIES: The proposed content will be developed by means of :
  • WORKSHOPS: Analysis and group discussion of basic definitions,  theories and tennets of assessment processes studied.
  • REPORTS: conclusions after analysis and group discussion of assigned topics in Blog entries and Workshops.
  • INSTRUMENTS DESIGN: design and administration of tests and assessment strategy to be applied in class and co-evaluated by partners.
  • PRESENTATION: group research and speeches about assessment strategy.
  
  
  Unit I.- Workshop 1: Review (Survey) / GROUP REPORT
  Unit II.- Workshop 2: Analysis of Objective/Subjective/Integrative/Pragmatic Test Items/GRADING TEST ITEMS/ GROUP REPORT / TEST DESIGN & ADMINISTRATION
  Unit III.- A.A. PRESENTATION / A.A. STRATEGY DESIGN.
  
  
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